When is National Women Physicians Day?
Friday February 3rdAs we celebrate National Women Physicians Day, we honor female doctors who have paved the way since 1849.
This day is the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States in 1849. Dr. Blackwell pioneered the movement that helped women obtain and equality in the field of medicine.
Elizabeth Blackwell's courage and the achievements of female physicians around the world are lauded. At the same time, the day is striving to bring changes to the workplace for the increasing number of women physicians entering the field of medicine.
Although the number of women doctors has gradually increased in the last two decades, 2016 estimates show that 35% of physicians are women. According to a JAMA Internal Medicine study published last year, female doctors make on average 8% less than their male counterparts. That disparity, along with nearly a third of female physicians reporting sexual assault in the workplace and a vast majority of women physicians reporting gender discrimination in the workplace, is discouraging. Those statistics were published in the article. Well, there is still a lot of work to be done, as shown by the above.
The strides made by generations of women physicians are acknowledged on National Women Physicians Day.. The observance also acknowledges that we must strike a balance between women's professional growth and supporting a family... Women physicians, associates, family, and physicians are all beneficiaries of National Women Physicians Day in honoring these achievements and supporting women physicians as colleagues, acquaintances, family, and doctors.
